DAVID NANCE

David Nance, Omaha veteran of warble and hiss, returns with Negative Boogie, his new concoction of chug, throb and greasy swagger. For Boogie, Nance trades in his beaten up Tascam 488 for the bullet-proof,glass walls of A.R.C. Studios. Where else can you brew the negativeboogie? And what exactly is the negative boogie? Well, it's a bit likeCanned Heat but with Pere Ubu's queasy rhythms and someone playingfive finger fillet with Swell Maps. Ensconced in his ivory towerand soundproof rooms, Nance reached for unlikely weapons to tear downhis own lofty experiment. He had his pick of rare guitars, cowbells,steel drums, vintage amps, Crazy Horse microphones, mellotron, and therestless but indefatigable rhythm section of Kevin Donahue and TomMay. They started at sunrise and recorded 15 songs by midnight. Maybeit's his Midwestern work ethic, maybe he's a sonic cheapskate. Maybeit's just the sound of negative boogie.

True to habit, Nance built on scraps and scrapes as his startingpoint. “Some songs were unused for half a decade, some songs werechanged the day before recording and some songs were recycled andreinterpreted from the last album leftovers," he says. And yet, bitsand pieces, false starts and vicious jams, all came together like thecover art collage suggests, to make something he's never done before -a rock epic. These songs stab and flow into one other like a perfectlyorchestrated classic. The songs are drenched with Nance’s most bitingand comic lyrics to date, peaking on “D.L.A.T.U.M.F. Blues" (Don'tLook At This Ugly Mother Fucker Blues). And ripping through the entirething is the cracked power he yanks out of the guitar, a veritable TheGood, The Bad and the Ugly of riffage. This is a departure for Nance.It's bigger and grander but it's far from easy music. It's his PlasticOno Band, his For Your Pleasure, his fever dream of Rocket from theTombs. Shredders sit with jangling rockers, manic energy spills intodepressive torpor, providing the ultimate record experience: one ofpower, nuance and emotion. But this of course is only a press release,written by a team of robots using words programmed to seduce you. Youknew that, right? Did it work? Whether you are nodding yes or shakingno, it's safe to say that we are all dancing the negative boogie.

TOUR DATES

"possibly the best songwriter in the United States that nobody outside DIY tape collectors and his friends has heard." -Noisey

14 July / Omaha, NE / Reverb Lounge (Album Release Show)

19 July / Lincoln, NE / Bourbon Theater

20 July / Kansas City, NO / MiniBar

21 July / Lafayette, IN / The Spot

22 July / Indianapolis, IN / State Street Pub

23 July / Lexington, KY / Best Friend Bar

24 July / Asheville, NC / The Lazy Diamond

25 July / Raleigh, NC / Neptune's

26 July / Washington, DC / Slash Run

27 July / Philadelphia, PA / Kung-Fu Necktie

29 July / New York, NY / Alphaville

30 July / Jersey City, NJ / Montgomery Hall

31 July / New Haven, CT / Cafe 9

1 August / Cleveland, OH / The Happy Dog

2 August / Detroit, MI / UFO Club

3 August / Chicago, IL / Cafe Mustache

4 August / Minneapolis, MN / Eagles #34

5 August/ Mankato, MN / The Nakato

6 August / Sioux Falls, DS / Total Drag

Listen to Dragging Across The East, David Nance's self-released collection of live recordings, 2015-16, and become excited, because every year is just another year in our lives where we will most certainly get some Nance. Believe it or not, he completed the cover art himself during a stay in Baden-Baden.